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Patent Abstracts

Synthetic hydrocarbons are made from CO and H₂ in presence of a powdered Fe catalyst containing 1.2-1.7% of K. The operation is fluidized. The advantage lies in a strongly reduced coke formation during the synthesis and in a longer activity of the catalyst.